Modeling flow patterns in a small vegetated area in the northern Chihuahuan Desert using QUIC (Quick Urban & Industrial Complex)

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 359-384

  Bowker, George E ^a   Gillette, Dale A ^b   Bergametti, Gilles ^c   Marticorena, Béatrice ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Chihuahuan Desert; Desert vegetation; Mesquite; Sand transport; Wind modeling; Wind steering

Indexed keywords

DUST; EROSION; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; SOILS; STRESSES; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND;

AIRFLOW; FLOW PATTERN; MODELING; SAND; VEGETATION; WIND VELOCITY;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

PROSOPIS;

EID: 33745853843     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-005-6021-8     Document Type: Article

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